PBS has standards for "editorial integrity," and its guidelines state that "member stations are responsible for shielding the creative and editorial p...
For all its simplicity in use, the saga of the condom is profoundly complex. But one point is clear: The access to good condoms along with the respect for people and their culture probably trumps promises of high-tech prophylactics.
Though condoms come in different textures, sizes and even tastes, these options aren't enticing enough to get people to actually use them in many part...
Bill Gates is renewing his criticism of capitalism, joining a long line of anti-capitalist billionaires. Speaking at the Royal Academy of Engineeri...
The race for LA's District 4 seat is ground zero in this battle over the corporate take-over of public education. The outcome of Tuesday's election has national implications in terms of the billionaires' battle to reconstruct public education in the corporate mold.
Should health disparities be a fundamental part of national school reform to narrow our domestic achievement gap?
An influential group of college presidents, civil rights leaders and advocates sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is highlighting what i...
With such complexity, are all partners equally influential in public-private partnerships? And who holds the private sector accountable?
At least sixty years of investors boycotting the gun trade has yielded zero result. In fact, SRI activism works best when rewarding companies that care about being good, whose products sustain life rather than take it.
Why have politicians and others decided to ignore the research and use defective systems to make major decisions about retaining teachers or determining their pay? Why are we not "minding the gap"?
PHILADELPHIA -- Seven school districts committed to working with charter schools to improve student achievement will split about $25 million in grants...
NEW YORK -- While cash and Wall Street go hand-in-hand, the College Board is hoping that a 6-foot-tall display of (fake) hundred-dollar bills placed n...
You might not want to pack a picnic lunch for this summer event. Researchers from China, Switzerland, Britain, the Netherlands, Canada and Californ...
The high rate of teachers cycling in and out of schools is detrimental to the education profession and worse for students, decades of policy and resea...
Advocates of family planning made fiscal strides at the London Summit on Family Planning on Wednesday. At the event, co-hosted by The Bill & Melin...
We must ensure that women -- especially young women -- are aware of their rights and empowered to demand family planning services and that they are able to do this regardless of where they live, or how much money they have.
Boredom is the enemy of education. Students who are bored in class learn only one thing: that they are at the mercy of their instructor.
Every year, more than 3 million babies die before they turn one month old. That number is dropping, but not nearly as fast as more successful efforts to end deaths to older children and mothers. That's because global health efforts haven't quite caught up with what we now know works to save newborn babies.
Think of how the divisiveness in education would decrease if we borrowed from the Bill of Rights and adopted a code of ethics declaring, "No stakes shall be attached to standardized tests without the consent of the student or educator."
From the federal government to school boards, policymakers and administrators are increasingly setting their sights on "college and career readiness" ...
By Troy Anderson ADELANTO, Calif., March 28 (Reuters) - A group of activist parents in this impoverished community were thwarted again...
For the last four years, Beth Sanders has taught ninth and 11th-grade social studies at Tarrant High School in Birmingham, Ala., a school where many s...
(Corrects information about the founding of Parent Revolution, adds that union backed anti-trigger activist in Florida, clarifies proposed structure...
Foundations wield enormous power in defining problems and determining solutions. In Detroit, as in much of the country, this is especially clear in the education of our children.
In the case of a private foundation, they are required to pay out five percent of their assets each year. But the guidelines also stipulate that a foundation may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities.
